That's the way its designed. There's no camera in the front, so you'll get warnings from the front sensors but no view. The cameras are on the bottom of each side mirror and on the rear license plate frame.

Not in my experience. Judge the front more by the image of the car and the proximity sensor. The live image of the wheel through the fish eye lens and the prepared image of the car don't match up entirely. The fisheye seems to put things in their most accurate position when they're on the ground (paint lines, etc) or fairly short like curbs. Taller stuff starts to warp around a bit.

That's the way its designed. There's no camera in the front, so you'll get warnings from the front sensors but no view. The cameras are on the bottom of each side mirror and on the rear license plate frame.

Nissan/Infiniti was the first I believe to put this technology ("all around view") on their production cars. I believe they may have also pioneered and sold the technology to other manufacturers if I am not mistaken. That being said Infiniti includes a front camera as does Lexus...Why BMW failed to offer a camera for the front is anybody's guess. My former 2011 QX56 had the feature and there is a noticeable difference without the front camera

I wouldn't mind having a camera up front, either. It isn't as important to me as the others due to the greater visibility up front, but it would be nice to have a better view there for places like parking garages.

I wouldn't mind having a camera up front, either. It isn't as important to me as the others due to the greater visibility up front, but it would be nice to have a better view there for places like parking garages.